Founder M. H. M. Ashraff Religion Islam | Secretary Hasen Ali Founded 1981 | |
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The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (Tamil: ஸ்ரீலங்கா முஸ்லீம் காங்கிரஸ், Srīlaṅkā Muslīm Kāṅkiras; Sinhalese: ශ්රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්රසය Sri Lanka Muslim Kongrasaya) is a political party in Sri Lanka.
It is one of the parties that represents the Muslim community of Sri Lanka.
History
The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.
At the last legislative elections in April 2004, the party won 2.0% of the popular vote and 5 out of 225 legislative seats.
References
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA